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Platambus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Platambus was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant.

It was assigned to Agabini by Nilsson (2001); to Dytiscidae by Hayashi et al. (2009); and to Agabinae by Webster (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Platambus Thomson p. 14
2001Platambus Nilsson
2009Platambus Hayashi et al. p. 108
2016Platambus Webster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyAgabinaeThomson 1867
tribeAgabiniThomson 1867
genusPlatambus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Platambus Thomson 1859
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Platambus optatus Sharp 1884
Platambus stygius RĂ©gimbart 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Chibanian or 1.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan Agabus optatus (160539)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan P. stygius (165704 165705)